All 8 Uses

collide
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The Hunt for Red October
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The exact number of collisions that had occurred between Soviet and American submarines was a closely guarded secret; that there had been such collisions was not.†
Chpt 12.
The exact number of collisions that had occurred between Soviet and American submarines was a closely guarded secret; that there had been such collisions was not.†
Chpt 12.
Avoiding collision was the most dangerous part of the maneuver, but not the only part.†
Chpt 12. *

collision = the crashing of things with violent impact; or coming together into conflict
He must have been trailing us, and he had to back down to avoid a collision when we turned.†
Chpt 13.
That near collision would surely have been fatal, and it had taught both men caution.†
Chpt 15.
The Russians had never encountered anything like Western newsmen before, and the resulting cultural collision was total chaos.†
Chpt 16.
Ramius had forgotten the collision alarm.†
Chpt 17.
The force of the collision ruptured the Konovalov's titanium pressure hull and crumpled the October's bow as if it were a beer can.†
Chpt 17.

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